News

New for week ending 12 March 2010 . . .

Events

Vacancies

Research and funding

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Research and funding

  • 2011 Census Output Consultation
    The purpose of the consultation is to allow users of census data to help shape the main statistical outputs for the 2011 Census. The consultation is open to everyone, including members of the public. Specific guidance and
    information about how to proceed can be downloaded from the Office for National Statistics website.
  • No Winners: The reality of short sentenced prisoners
    The Howard League for Penal Reform and the Prison Governors’ Association are seeking to commission a researcher to look at short-term prison sentences from the perspective of those serving short sentences and those working in prisons. The focus of the study is adult men serving sentences of up to 12 months in local prisons in England and Wales. The research is to be undertaken and written up by November 2010. Closing date for applications: 22 March 2010. The details of the research and how to apply can be found at on the Howard league research opportunities page.
  • British Academy, International Agreements
    Research Visits:     an opportunity for scholars of post-doctoral or equivalent status who wish to do their own research in one of the countries with which the academy has a bilateral agreement in the fields of the humanities and social sciences.
    Joint Projects: support for joint projects between scholars in the UK and countries with which the academy has bilateral agreements in the fields of the humanities and social sciences, lasting between one and three years. 
    Please see flyer for full details. 
  • British Academy spring/summer events programme 2010 now available
  • ESRC news briefing for February 2010 including research news and events
  • Important information about changes to AHRC application procedure: press release
  • British Academy UK–Latin America and the Caribbean Link Programme. Awards of up to £20,000 each are available to support a programme of seminars involving UK and Latin American and Caribbean scholars on a topic of mutual interest within the humanities and social sciences. See flyer for details. Closing date: 20 April 2010.
  • AHRC closing dates:
    Student-led initiatives – Beyond Text: 25 March 2010
    Studentship Competition: 6 May 2010
  • British Academy response to REF proposals: available to download.
  • Nuffield Foundation Newsletter: latest issue
  • Petition to fund research on basis of academic excellence: Number 10 website 
  • ESRC Strategic Plan 2009-2010: see press release for details. 
  • New AHRC Research Funding Guide now available

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Online resources

  • Europedia: Guide to European Policies and Legislation: free website
  • JISC Legal: legal guidance for ICT use in education and research

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Publications

  • Policy Press e-newsletter: 30 per cent discount on orders for subscribers to the Policy Press e-newsletter before 31 March 2010. 
  • History and Policy: free online access to 'The legal profession and social activism: the Italian "long 1968"' by Maria Malatesta
  • Law Commission consultation on adult social care: link to consultation: closing date 12 April 2010.
  • Latest criminology and criminal justice titles from policy press: see flyer for details. See the website for 25 per cent online discount.
  • To celebrate the publication of the first complete volume of the International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, Emerald Group is providing free online access to all articles in volume 1 until 31 March 2010. Please see attached flier for full details. 
  • Just published: The MacBride Principles: Irish America strike back by Kevin McNamara, Liverpool University Press, £40
  • Launch of European Labour Law Journal from Intersentia: first issue January 2010. See website for full details.
  • Journal of Human Rights Practice: call for papers
    Journal of Human Rights Practice: call for papers for special issue on 'Responsibility to the Story'. Call closes: 15 March 2010. This issue will bring together academics, practitioners and artists to explore ethical concerns surrounding the use of testimony in human rights story-telling. The journal, based at the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (University of York), partly emerged from a human rights practice stream at the 2008 SLSA Annual Conference. Please see website for more information.
  • Knowledge Politics Quarterly: relaunch and call for papers.
  • International Journal of the Semiotics of Law, new call for papers on 'Nation, identity and multiculturalism'. Call closes: 31 May 2010.
  • Law, Innovation and Technology, edited by Roger Brownsword and Hans Somsen: second issue now available.
  • Transparency, Control and Power: Issues in legal semiotics: two volumes. Please see call for papers for full details.
  • Justice Heydon on 'How far can trial courts and intermediate appellate courts develop the law?', Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal. Free trial available.
  • Government and Markets: Toward a new theory of regulation by Edward Balleisen and David Moss (eds), CUP, is an interdisciplinary effort to advance thinking about the economic role of the state. Much of the volume focuses on approaches that complement the socio-legal approach to regulation, and the essays try to point beyond the traditional models (such as market failure, the economic theory of politics, and command and control) which have shaped regulatory studies over the last few decades. Free inspection copies can be requested from CUP.
  • HEFCE and 'Impact'
    Open letter from 42 UK legal academics expressing concern about the role of 'impact' in assessing research excellence.
    Letter in response to REF consultation from 28 critical legal scholars from Birkbeck and other institutions
  • Law in Pursuit of Development: Principles into practice (2009), by Amanda Perry-Kessaris (ed), Routledge. This edited collection was originally inspired by an SLSA one-day conference at Birkbeck in December 2007.
  • Legisprudence, Vol 2: new issue just published, including articles by Robert Alexy and Jeremy Waldron: full details.
  • Legal Studies article prize won by 'Breaking boundaries? Sexual consent in the jury room', by Emily Finch and Vanessa Munro: full details including links to shortlisted articles online
  • Law Commission Report on Conspiracy and Attempts including draft Bill
  • Social Justice, new book series from Routledge edited by Davina Cooper and Kate Bedford: see flyer for full details
  • Telling Tales about Men, by Lois Bibbings, Manchester University Press 
  • Journal of Empirical Legal Studies: free online articles
  • Law and Humanities:TOC for latest issue 
  • Ancilla Iuris: free online journal
    Call for papers and new year book: full details
  • UTP journals
    Canadian Journal of Law and Society, TOC
    Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, TOC
    To order copies of these journals, call (416) 667-7810 or email
  • International Journal of Sport Policy, special issue on European White Paper on Sport. 
  • 25 Wiley-Blackwell law journals, free online for 30 days: note that you will have to register as a user to access this service.
  • Policy Press e-Newsletter including 30% discount when you buy online
  • Hague Journal on the Rule of Law: second issue free online 
  • Assessing Privacy Impact, ESRC booklet: see press release for details 
  • Free access to articles debating witness proofing: Leiden Journal of International Law
  • Law and Social Change (2nd edn) (November 2009), by Sharyn L Roach Anleu, Sage
  • International Human Rights: Law, Policy and Process (4th ed) (2009), by Fionnuala Ni Aoláin and David Weissbrodt, Lexis/Nexis (USA), plus accompanying casebook Selected International Human Rights Instruments and Bibliography on International Human Rights. NB to view links on Lexis/Nexis site it is necessary to register as a user.
  • New in paperback - The Age of Consent:Young people, sexuality and citizenship, Matthew Waites, Palgrave Macmillan
  • Max Travers (2009) Understanding Law and Sociey, Routledge-Cavendish
  • Law and Humanities Vol 3 No 1: content details and abstracts
  • Free articles from Medical Law Review 
  • Sport&EU Review: launch and call for reviewers 
  • Gary Watt (2009) Equity Stirring: The Story of Justice Beyond Law, Hart Publishing – full details.
  • Sally Ramage (August 2009) Fraud: Law, procedure and police investigation, Oxford University Press – full details.

 

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Vacancies

  • Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster
    Applications are still being accepted for full and part time study on the innovative human rights LLM programme. Please see brochure for full details. Closing date: Friday 25 June 2010. 
  • Five vacancies: University of Leicester
    Chair in Public Law
    Reader/Senior Lecturer in Human Rights Law
    Lectureship in Company Law
    Lectureship in Family Law
    Lectureship in Health Care Law
    Closing date for all posts: 29 March 2010 
  • Professor and Director, Legal Intersections Research Centre, University of Wollongong, Australia
    Please see flyer for full details. Closing date 30 April 2010.
  • Two tuition scholarships for new LLM at the Centre for Applied Human Rights and York Law School. Closing deadline: 30 April 2010. Full details.
  • Three White Rose PhD Studentships
    'Responding to Global Challenges of Crime and Insecurity' – Studentship Network
    The Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York are seeking to fill three PhD studentships as part of the White Rose Network, entitled ‘Responding to Global Challenges of Crime and Insecurity’. Each studentship will be based in one of the contributing institutions and benefit from co-supervision from a different institution and participation within a network of scholars. Available from 1 October 2010. Closing date for applications is 19 March 2010. Full details.

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Events

  • Queen's University Belfast, Spring Seminars: UPDATE
    Full details of all spring seminars are in the attached flier and on the QUB website.
  • ESRC Festival of Social Science, 12 to 21 March 2010: website.
  • UKCLE spring events programme, March, April and May 2010
    15 March, 21 April, 19 May 2010: Simshare: Open Educational Resources in simulation learning workshops
    29 March 2010: Environmental Justice in Legal Education Conference
    29 April 2010: Enhancing Legal Education in Wales
    Please see attachment for full details.
  • Towards a Better Tomorrow? The crucial role of social science, the Royal Society, London: 16 March 2010. See flyer for details.
  • ESRC Research Seminar Series: European Law and New Health Technologies, Seminar 2, 'Legitimating Techniques', University of Nottingham, 19 March 2010. Further details on this seminar, and the rest of the series, can be
    found here. If you are interested in attending this seminar, please follow the link for a registration form and details on submission.
  • Environmental Justice in Legal Education, University of Warwick, 29 March 2010: full details.
  • Restoration, Transition and Justice, hosted by Durham Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice and Nottingham Law School, Durham, 23 March 2010: please see flyer and website for details.
  • Symposium on Law and Art: Justice, Ethics and Aesthetics, Tate Modern, London, Tuesday 23 March 2010, 10am–6pm. The seminar is organised in collaboration with the Centre for Law, Ethics and Globalisation at the University of Southampton. Please see website for details or contact Oren Ben-Dor for more information.
  • Who Speaks for Islam?, Special Lecture, British Academy, London, 24 March 2010. See flyer for details.
  • Justice, media and public: changing public perceptions in the new media landscape, Research Institute for Law, Politics and Justice, Keele University, 25-26 March 2010. Download full details. Final programme now available.
  • Re-egineering the Corporation, ESRC-funded seminar series, to be held on 26 March 2010 in London, 14 May 2010 in Newcastle, 16–17 September in Belfast. See flyer and blog.
  • Environmental Justice in Legal Education, UKCLE, Warwick, 29 March 2010.
  • The Future of Family Property in Europe, 4th Conference of the Commission for European Family Law, University of Cambridge, 8-10 April 2010, details. Booking now open.
  • Centre on Human Rights in Conflict, University of East London, Spring Events Series: Two events remaining 12 April & 21 April 2010. Please see flyer for details.
  • 23rd European Energy Law Seminar, Noordwijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 12–13 April 2010: invitation; programme; registration; shuttle transfer.
  • New Directions for Housing: Housing in an Era of Change', Housing Studies Association Annual Conference, University of York, 14–16 April 2010. Please see invitation for details.
  • European Citizenship and the Elimination of Discriminatory Measures among European Citizens with Special Reference to Social Benefits, Centre for Legal Research Annual Lecture, University of the West of England, Bristol: 19 April 2010. Please see invitation for details.
  • Issues in Criminal Justices, lecture series, University of Sussex, remaining dates: 20 and 29 April 2010. Please see flyer for details.
  • The Economic Return to Education: What we know, what we don't know and where we're going,  The Boardroom, BIPA, 2 Priory Road, Bristol. BS8 1TX, Tuesday 20 April 2010. Further information, including directions can be found on webpage. This event is free but space is limited. Please contact Amanda Edmondson.
  • Open Educational Resources in Simulation Learning Workshops
    21 April 2010, University of York
    19 May 2010, University of Edinburgh
    Please see flyer for full details.
  • MPSA Political Science Conference, Chicago, 22-25 April 2010
  • Colloquium on Disability Law and Policy, hosted by a consortium of Centres on Disability Law and Policy. First event: National University of Ireland, Galway, 26–27 April 2010.
  • Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, University of Cork, IV Annual Postgraduate Conference, 29 April 2010: Call for papers. Call extended to: Friday 19 February 2010.
  • Enhancing Legal Education in Wales, University of Glamorgan, 29 April 2010: details 
  • Management in Public Services, Centre for Market and Public Organisation, Bristol, 30 April 2010. Further information, including directions can be found on the website. This event is free but space is limited. Please contact Amanda Edmondson if you would like to reserve a place at this event.
  • Human Rights Defenders and Peace Processes, Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York, 6 May 2010. Please see flyer and website for more details.
  • Construction Law Research Awards, Manchester, 10–13 May 2010
  • Law and Religious Scholars Network Conference, Cardiff, 11 May 2010: booking form and programme now available. Abstracts for reserve lsit and entrants for poster presentations open until 11 April 2010. Contact Russell Sandberg.
  • Prospects for Labour Law, Kingston Law School, 14 May 2010: call for papers.
  • JCL Workshop, Using Legal Culture, University of Venice, 20 & 21 May 2010.
  • 'Vulnerability', one day roundtable in Bristol with Professor Martha Albertson Fineman, 2 June 2010.
  • Ten Years On: a multi-perspective evaluation of the Human Rights Act, Salford Human Rights Conference, 4–5 June 2010. Call for papers: DEADLINE EXTENDED TO Friday 26 March 2010. The online registration is now open.
  • Summer School on Transitional Justice 2010: The Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster, is pleased to announce its third annual Summer School on Transitional Justice. This year's theme is: Gender, Conflict and Transition. It will take place from 7–11 June 2010 at the Magee campus, Northern Ireland. Further details and application form are attached.
  • 'Regulation in an age of crisis', Third Biennial Conference of the European Consortium on Political Research Standing Group on Regulatory Governance, University College Dublin, 17–19 June 2010
  • UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, International Society of Family Law conference, School of Law, Magee, University of Ulster, 19–20 June 2010. Call for papers: closing date 16 April 2010.
  • Congress of the World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 20–23 June 2010. Call for papers closes 1 May 2010.
  • Human Rights and the Environment, University of the West of England, Bristol, 29 June 2010: poster.
  • 8th LSRC International Research Conference, 'Research into Practice: Legal service delivery', Downing College Cambridge, 30 June–2 July 2010
  • Sport&EU 5th Annual Conference, 'The challenges of sport governance', University of Ghent, Belgium, 1 & 2 July 2010.
  • WG Hart Workshop, 'Comparative Perspectives on Constitutions: Theory and practice', Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, 29 June to 1 July 2010
  • The Legal Services Research Centre is pleased to announce that the 2010 LSRC International Research Conference, will be held at Downing College, University of Cambridge, from the 30 June to 2 July 2010. A call for abstracts will be made shortly. Those requiring further information should contact Catrina Denvir or 0207 783 7514.
  • Social Policy Association 2010, 5–7 July 2010. Call for postgraduates: closing date 19 March 2009.
  • Current Socio-Legal Perspectives on Dispute Resolution, International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Oñati, 8-9 July 2010: call for papers. Organisers: Masayuki Murayama and Luigi Cominelli.
  • Equality Diversity Inclusion Conference, Vienna, Austria, 14–16 July 2010, Equality, Diversity, Law and Legal Institutions Stream: call for papers. Call closes: 1 May 2010.
  • Central European University Summer School (CEU SUN), Mental Disability Law in Practice, 19–30 July 2010, Budapest: two-week legal practice course to strengthen the professional development of participants – practising lawyers, activists and academics in the field of mental health and disability rights law from Europe and Africa. Full details: deadline for applications 15 February 2010.
  • Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Legal Research Symposium, Paris, 2 & 3 September 2010: call for papers. Call closes: 2 April 2010.
  • International Roundtable for Semiotics of Law, 3–6 September 2010, Poznan: call for papers. Call closes 1 May 2010.
  • SLS Annual Conference, Southampton, Practice, the Profession and Ethics Section, 13–16 September 2010: call closes 15 March 2010.
  • Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 5–6 November 2010: call for papers. Call closes 2 July 2010.
  • Media, Communications and Public Speech, 2010 Conference of the CMCL–Centre for Media and Communications Law, University of Melbourne Law School, 25-26 November 2010. Call closes: 1 August 2010.
  • Learning in Law Annual Conference, University of Warwick, 28–29 January 2011. For advance details contact Hansa Surti.

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Networks

  • The Irish Association of Law Teachers is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Vist the website for details of how to join and information about the association's events and activities. 
  • Howard League for Penal Reform Early Career Network now live

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